Teenagers need to eat right, get enough exercises

The study was conducted by the World Health Organisation based on a survey of 1.6 million school-going adolescents across 146 countries in 2016.

This could be one of the contributing factors for teenage obesity compounded by poor eating habits worsened by their sedentary lifestyles connected to the computer or handphone.The Youth and Sports and Education ministries as partners must create a sports culture among our teenagers and even youth to promote a healthy lifestyle.

An MTV survey in 2015 showed that our schoolchildren and youth are among the fattest in Southeast Asia. Schools and parents must encourage youth to be physically active which, in turn, will reduce emotional problems such as anxiety and depression which seems to be on the rise.

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